Please see below the major new features and changes in Robotmaster 2024.3. For complete documentation, please visit Documentation.
Plasma Cutting
Documentation on improvements in Plasma parameters - new!
Several plasma cutting improvements were deployed in the 2024.3 release.
Kerf correction:
Enables users to adjust the size of a hole by modifying the offset of the plasma beam.Improvements to chaining:
Open wireframe chains now supported for window chaining.Manual override of plasma algorithm:
Select faces in case the algorithm fails and refresh selection.Enhanced warning messages:
Several new messages to guide the user when projection fails.
CAD Translator Updates
List of Interoperability updates
The following formats and their versions are supported for reading or importing into Robotmaster 2024.3.
Products (Readers) | Versions Supported |
ACIS | R1 – 2024 1.0 |
CATIA V4 | 4.1.9 – 4.2.4 |
CATIA V5 | V5 R8 to V5–6 R2024 |
3DExperience (CATIA V6) | Exported from up to V6 R2024x |
DXF™ / DWG™ 3 | 2.5 – 2024 |
IGES | Up to 5.3 |
Inventor | V11 – 2024 |
JT | JT 8.x, 9.x, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7 |
NX | 11 – NX 2306 |
Parasolid | 9.0 – 36.0.169 |
Pro/E or Creo | 16 – Creo 10.0 |
Rhino | Version 2 to 7 |
Solid Edge | V18 – SE 2023 |
SOLIDWORKS | 98 – 2024 |
STEP | AP203, AP214, AP242 |
STL | N/A |
VDA-FS | 1.0 – 2.0 |
XCGM | R2012 – 2024 1.0 |
The following formats and their versions are supported for writing or exporting from Robotmaster 2024.3.
Products (Writers) | Versions Supported |
ACIS | R18 – 2024 1.0 |
CATIA V5 | V5 R15 – V5–6 R2024 |
IGES | 5.3 |
STEP | AP203, AP214, AP242 (Geometry Only) |
STL | N/A |
XCGM | R2012 – 2024 1.0 |
Enhancements / Fixed Bugs
RM-849 As a user, I wish to window-select my open curves for Curve Path creation for Plasma Marking
RM-851 Enable kerf correction without affecting the generated tool
RM-852 Make the manual touch direction reference frame visible
RM-853 Notify projection fails
RM-872 Wrong Default value in Plasma Cutting
RM-848 Wrong projection when using Curve Path if the curve is directly on the surface
RM-850 Negative path offset leads to path projection issues
RM-854 Holes on the dome not found by the algorithm